Arcade 2021 — top best games in the Arcade genre / Page 8

Action, Indie, Strategy, Roguelike, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Arcade, Replayability

December 4, 2020

Steam: 77/100

Tavern of Gods is a top-down casual roguelike where you play as a god who decides to pass the time in a tavern playing a small board game. The main goal is to...

SkateBIRD

Arcade, Third-person view, Sports game, Skateboards, Exploration, Sandbox

September 16, 2021

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 59/100

SkateBIRD is a dynamic racing arcade game with a third-person view about birds on skateboards. Expect the familiar gameplay of skate simulators, several platforms...

Unicorns on Unicycles

Online, Arcade, Fighting, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Casual game

September 28, 2021

Steam: 100/100

Unicorns on Unicycles is a fantasy arcade fighting game with action and online elements. In this game you can turn your horn into a sword and fight with other...

Guardians of Hyelore

Action, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Arcade, Side view, Survival

September 29, 2021

Steam: 55/100

Guardians of Hyelore is a dynamic side-view tower defense action strategy game set in a fantasy...

DoDonPachi Resurrection

Arcade, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Shooter, Action

August 26, 2010

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

DoDonPachi Resurrection is a futuristic Japanese-style top-down arcade shooter. You will go to fight the androids trying to enslave humanity. You will find many...

Pretend

Free game, Arcade, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Tactics, Casual game, Strategy, Survival

January 6, 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 56/100

Pretend is a casual multiplayer online game about social deduction. The game is very similar to Among Us, but instead of a space base, the action takes place in...

Iris.Fall

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Casual game

December 7, 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Iris.Fall is a side-scrolling adventure arcade puzzle game that tells the interesting story of a little girl, Iris. One day she wakes up in an unfamiliar place...

Crashnauts

Arcade, Online, Shooter, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Action

July 25, 2017

Steam: 100/100

A dynamic arcade platformer-player for 2-6 players with quick and spectacular battles. Matches take place on different arenas, where you can use a wide arsenal of...

Platzkart Simulator

Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Trains, Comedy

February 1, 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 48/100

Platzkart Simulator is an atmospheric simulator with a first-person view, in which you have to go on a long train journey through the endless Siberia. Snow-covered...

Speed Limit

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Side view, Runner

February 16, 2021

Steam: 80/100

Speed Limit is a fast-paced side-scrolling arcade shooter where your daily train ride goes wrong. As you progress, you will run, steer, fly and die many, many...

Infestor

Action, Arcade, Casual game

January 17, 2013

Metacritic: 71/100

A puzzle platformer in which a parasitic protagonist must reach the exit of each level by taking over human bodies. Each person has a special ability that can help...

Itadaki Smash

Action, Arcade, Indie, Fighting, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Fantasy, Online

May 21, 2021

Steam: 63/100

Itadaki Smash is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer with fighting elements. Katsu owns the best restaurant in the city, but the Tengogo mafia decided to...

Save The Kingdom: Merge Towers

Arcade, Tactics, Isometric, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

July 2, 2021

Save The Kingdom: Merge Towers is an arcade tactical tower defense game with an isometric view. Enemies are attacking your kingdom. You have to build and lead your...

XCOM Legends

Arcade, Tactics, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Free game, Strategy

July 19, 2021

Players: 7.2/10

XCOM Legends is a free-to-play turn-based tactical strategy for mobile platforms in the sci-fi universe of XCOM. The events in the game take place 20 years after...

Dodgeball Academia

Arcade, Sports game, Side view, Third-person view, Role-playing game, Indie, Adventure, Business / Management, Action

August 5, 2021

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Dodgeball Academia is a sports role-playing adventure with elements of Japanese-style management strategy. You will go to conquer an interesting world where the...

Spelunker HD

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer

March 26, 2009

Metacritic: 56/100

This arcade platformer with action elements follows an underground adventure toward the center of the Earth. In Spelunker HD, the player explores the depths of the...

PaintballX

Free game, Shooter, Sports game, Online, First-person view, Arcade, Indie, Casual game

September 16, 2021

Steam: 67/100

PaintballX is a free-to-play competitive first-person shooter that is a paintball game. Thus, instead of bullets, you will shoot paintballs at each...

Peace, Death! 2

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Isometric, Casual game, Simulation, Comedy

October 7, 2021

Steam: 95/100

Peace, Death! 2 is an arcade adventure puzzle game with an isometric view. In a place outside of time and space, the Reapers organized a union in order to be...

Spectacular Sparky

Action, Indie, Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Futurism (Future), Shooter

October 20, 2021

Steam: 87/100

Spectacular Sparky is a fast-paced side-scrolling arcade action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The game follows the adventures of Sparky the Space Bunny, a mad...

Zombie Shelter

Action, Post-apocalyptic, Role-playing game, Arcade

November 12, 2021

Zombie Shelter is an arcade action role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world. In 2078, a viral meteorite from the Dagon race landed on Earth at the Kobehe...

Healer's Quest

Arcade, Indie, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Adventure, Comedy

April 18, 2018

Steam: 86/100

Healer's Quest is a fun side-scrolling arcade RPG set in a fantasy setting where you take on the role of the most underrated party member in any fantasy world...

Mail Mole

Arcade, Third-person view, Adventure, Platformer, Comedy

March 4, 2021

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Mail Mole is an adventure arcade action platformer with a third-person view, in which you get into the role of a funny postman mole named Molty. The postal mole has...

Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!

Arcade, Platformer, Action, Third-person view, Runner

March 23, 2021

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! is an exciting arcade runner about Crash Bandicoot for mobile platforms. An exciting new adventure awaits you featuring your favorite...

Guardian Chronicle

Free game, Arcade, Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

November 5, 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 66/100

Guardian Chronicle is a free-to-play arcade strategy game in the tower defense genre with a top-down view in a fantasy setting. You have to resist attacks from...

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2

Arcade, Logic, Puzzle, Match-3 (Three in a row), Online, Cooperative (co-op), Side view, Casual game, Action

December 8, 2020

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is a combination of two popular puzzle games where you have to challenge your opponent. As in the first part, the task is simple: you need to...

Balan Wonderworld

Puzzle, Arcade, Indie, Platformer, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Casual game

March 26, 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 43/100

Balan Wonderworld is an arcade action-platformer with puzzle and adventure elements in an anime style and a third-person view. Led by a mysterious maestro named...

Jetborne Racing

Arcade, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Virtual Reality (VR), Racing, Simulation

May 27, 2021

Steam: 88/100

Jetborne Racing is a multiplayer arcade racing game with a first-person view and support for virtual reality helmets. In the game you have to compete with other...

Mighty Goose

Action, Shooter, Indie, Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Online, Cooperative (co-op)

June 5, 2021

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Mighty Goose is an old-school arcade action game. In this 2D shooter, you take on the role of a bounty hunter named Goose. And it's actually a goose, only armed and...

Bro Falls

Free game, Arcade, Action, Online, Third-person view, Platformer, Casual game, Battle Royale

June 25, 2021

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Bro Falls is a free clone of the popular Fall Guys about falling colorful little people. The game is a battle royale with characters in the form of various...

No Longer Home

Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Visual novel, Arcade, Point & Click, Exploration

July 30, 2021

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 73/100

No Longer Home is an exciting adventure game with visual novel elements. Bo and Ao are graduating from university and are about to leave the apartment they've lived...

Greak: Memories of Azur

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Fantasy, Metroidvania, Puzzle

August 17, 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Greak: Memories of Azur is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer. You will take on the role of three siblings: Grek, Adara and Rydel, who will guide them...

Serin Fate

Arcade, Top-down view, Simulation, Business / Management, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Action, Open world, Adventure, Exploration

March 10, 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 73/100

Serin Fate is an action-adventure RPG with elements of a farm simulator and a top-down view in a fantasy setting. Evil is coming! Moments before its destruction at...

The Last Friend

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Action, Arcade, Side view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

September 30, 2021

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 86/100

The Last Friend is a fun side-scrolling tower defense strategy game with action elements. Dogs have started disappearing all over the world. And only Alpha can...

Gutting Goblins

Casual game, Action, Isometric, Slasher, Arcade, Comedy

October 1, 2021

Steam: 76/100

Gutting Goblins is a casual arcade action game with an isometric view and humor. You play as either the berserker Kailani or the barbarian Coronan as you embark on...

Dungeon Deathball

Arcade, Tactics, Roguelike, Turn-based, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sports game, American Football, Procedural generation

October 13, 2021

Steam: 95/100

Dungeon Deathball is a top-down tactical roguelike with elements of American football in a fantasy setting where you will desperately try to score goals, outwit...

My Friend Peppa Pig

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Comedy, Casual game

October 22, 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 89/100

My Friend Peppa Pig is an arcade action adventure game with humor. In this game you can create and dress up your own animal character, ring Peppa's doorbell and...

Blasting Courier

Top-down view, Arcade, Platformer, Medieval era, Exploration, Dungeons, Hidden Objects

December 28, 2021

Steam: 88/100

The player takes on the role of a medieval courier tasked with delivering important letters to kings and queens in various castles. However, the path will not be...

Tadpole Treble

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Music game, Side view, Indie

May 7, 2016

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Tadpole Treble is a side-scrolling adventure music rhythm game. You have to take on the role of a newly born fish who is eager to explore the world around him. She...

Rico-Jump

Arcade, Racing, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Action

January 24, 2021

Steam: 82/100

Rico-Jump is a free-to-play arcade platformer with a first-person view, where you will navigate various obstacle-filled levels, run, and jump. The movement...

Bubble Bobble 4 Friends

Arcade, Action, Cooperative (co-op)

March 31, 2020

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This platformer in the Bubble Bobble series brings back the classic bubble-based challenge. Bubble Bobble 4 Friends supports cooperative play for up to four...

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